Louis FONTAINE

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3 March 1809 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Died

25 January 1867 , Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

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Pierre-Isidore FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE Marguerite BÉRARD

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Born: 3 March 1809 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Isidore FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE

Mother: Marguerite BÉRARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Augustin FONTAINE , Charlotte MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Maternal grandparents: François BÉRARD , Marie-Angélique JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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Louis married Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS 25 May 1830 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS was born 10 November 1812 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie-Angélique-Louise was the child of François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE.

Louis FONTAINE died 25 January 1867 in Marieville, Rouville, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS
Marriage date: 25 May 1830
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS was the child of François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE

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Children of Louis FONTAINE and Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS

Hubert FONTAINE

Born: 9 September 1836, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 25 January 1909, Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie VIENS 8 February 1859 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1809
3 March 1809
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
Louis FONTAINE and Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS 25 May 1830, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 21 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Hubert FONTAINE was born 9 September 1836, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Louis was 27 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser